Conveyer.



. Patented. May 2|, |90l. J. C. HOSHUR.

CONVEYER.

(Application led Aug. 21, 1900.)

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UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH O. HOSHOR, VJOF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THOMAS E. PLATT, OF SAME PLACE.

CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 674,382, dated. May 21, 1901. Application nea August 21, 1900. serial No. 27,561. (Nb man.)

T0 LZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. HOSHOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented an Impilovement in Conveyers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in conveyers for coal, vore, grain, and other articles of merchandise, the objects being to vconstruct the links of thel chain alike, to reduce the wear by increasing the bearing-surfaces, and to cause the conveyerto run smooth and even with the Weight and strain distributed.

In carrying out my invention the gravitybuckets are providedwith end frame-plates and pivot-pins, and the said buckets and the cross-rods between the same are pivoted t'ov the ends of the links forming the conveyerchain, and the rollers or wheels of the said conveyer are between. the links of each pair and midway between their ends, and the pivotally-connected ends of the links are not the pivotal bearings of the rollers 01 wheels. The

links are each made with a single eye-plate at one end and two eye-plates at the other end, spaced apart to receive the single eyeplate of the next link, and I prefer to employ eye-blocks between the pivotal endsof the links to space them apart a sufcient width to receives the rollers or wheels.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a conveyer illustrative of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan representing two buckets and the portions of the conveyer-chain to which the same are pivoted. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isla crosssection of the 'parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3 between the pivots, and Fig. 5 represents one end of a bucket with the side frame and pivotpin and a section through the connected links adapted to surround and to carry the said pivot-pin. Figs'.` 2 to 5, inclusive, are shown of exaggerated size for clearness.

The frame a, illustratively shown in Fig. 1

` and supporting the conveyer, may be of anyY desired construction. b represents the motor-wheel, and b the guide-wheels, in suitable bearings connected to the said frame and around which the conveyer extends.

c represents the conveyer-chain c', the rollers or wheels between the pairs of links of the conveyer-chain upon axles 1; d, the gravitybuckets, and d the pivot-pins of the gravitybuckets, preferably connected to said frameplates h, secured upon the ends of the gravitybuckets. The rollers or wheels c run upon the tracks e e', the tracks supporting the horizontal portions of the conveyer. In this device the pivots of the buckets and the ends of the cross-shafts are pivotally connected to the ends of the links vof the conveyer-chains, and the rollers are pivoted to and between the links of each pair and midway between their ends. This construction imparts a new relation between the conveyer-chains and said motor and guide wheels, (shown in Fig. 1,) in which the rollers pass around the wheels with the pivots of the links free of contact with said wheels and with the links occupying positions parallel to tangential peripheral lines of said wheels. By this construction the traveling movement of the links iseasier, with greater freedom and flexibility, than where the rollers are pivoted at the the links, as in the old way. s

The conveyer-chain is composed of links f, in pairs, the links being all alike and each link being made with a single eye-plate 2 `at one end and two similar eye-plates 3 at the other end, spaced apart to receive the single eye-plate 2 of the next or adjacent link. The said eye-plates in connecting up the similar links surround the sleeves t' and'turn thereon, and between the connected eye-plates of the links I prefer to place eye-blocks 4 of a width to space apart the links f to receive the rollers or wheels c', pivoted upon axles 1, passing through the links midwaybetween the respective ends of the links.

The pivot-pins d of the lgravity-'buckets are receivedby sleeves 'i at the junction of the links of the conveyer, and the cross-shaft g, placed intermediate to the gravity-buckets, is providedwith reduced ends, also received in sleeves at the junction of the links of the conveyer. Consequently the links are pivotedtogether by the sleeves il at the ends of the cross-shaft g and at the pivot-pins of the buckets, and the rollers or wheels do not come at the pivots of the chains, but are independent of these pivots and come interme- IOO diate to the pivots and midway between the ends of the links of the chain and between the links of each pairuponindependentaxes, and in this manner the weight and strain of the conveyer and buckets are more evenly distributed.

I claim as my inventionl. In a conveyer, the combination with the gravity-buckets having end pivots and ashaft extending across between the buckets, of the conveyer-chains having links pivoted respectively to the pivots of the buckets and the ends of the intermediate cross shaft, and wheels or rollers pivoted between the links of each pair and midway between their ends and independent of the pivots of the buckets or cross-shaft, substantially as set forth.

2. In a conveyer, the combination with the gravity-buckets having end pivots connected thereto and across-shaft between the respective buckets, of the conveyer-chains each composed of similar pairs of links connected pivotally at their ends to the pivots of the buckets and the respective ends oi the intermediate cross-shaft, the links of the chains being similar and each one provided with a single eye-plate at one end and two similar eye-plates at the other end spaced apart to receive the single eye-plate of the next or ad jacent link and the rollers or wheels pivotally connected upon axles l between the links of each pair and midway between the respective ends of the forth.

3. In a couveyer, the combination with the gravitvbuckets having end pivots connected thereto and a cross-shaft between the respective buckets, of the conveyer-chains each composed ot' similar pairs of links connected pivotally at their ends to the pivots of the buckets and the respective ends of the intermediate cross-shaft, the links of the chains being similar and each one provided with a single eye-plate at one end and two similar eye-plates at the other end, spaced apart to receive the single eye-plate of the next or adjacent link and the rollers or wheels pivotally connected upon the axles 1 between the links of each pair andrnidway between the respective ends of the links, and sleeves passing through the eye-plates at the ends of the links and to which the links are pivot-ed and which sleeves receive the pivot-pins of the buckets and the ends ot' said cross-shaft, and eye-blocks between the connected ends of said links and surrounding said sleeves, substantially as set forth,

Signed by me this 16th day of August, 1900.

links, substantially as set JOSEPH C. I-IOSI-IOR.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. I-IAvILAND. 

